Stove-shelf.



No. 575,7l4. Patented lune 4, l90l. J. R. CARTER &. J. 'E. HAUSFELD. STOVE SHELF.

(Application filed Dec. 3, 1900) (No Model.)

WITNESSES I INVENTORJ MA I UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. CARTER, OF AUGUSTA, KENTUCKY, AND JOSEPH E. I-IAUSFELD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO ERNST I'I. HUENEFELD, OF CIN- CINNATI, OIIIO.

STOVE-"SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,714, dated June 4, 1901.

Application filed December 3,1900. Serial No. 38,533. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN R. CARTER, of Augusta, in the county of. Bracken and State of Kentucky, and JosEPH E. HAUSFELD, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Shelves; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in stove-shelves, the object of the invention being to provide a folding shelf with improved means for holding it securely in an upright position and which will be neat and attactive in appearance, strong and durable when in use, and comparatively cheap to manufacture.

lVith this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the shelf in a vertical position. Fig. 3 is a view in section of the same; and Figs. 2 and at are views in section,showing the shelf in a horizontal position.

1 represents a bracket, to which the shelf 2 is hinged, and comprises a plate having holes therein for the passage of screws or bolts to secure the same to a stove.

The bracket 1 is cut away centrally 011 its upper edge and provided at the respective ends of said cut-away portion with bearings 3 for oppositely-disposed trunnions 4 on the shelf 2, said bearin gs being appreciably larger than the trunnions to permit of slight vertical movement of the latter. An outwardlyprojecting lug 5 is provided on bracket 1 centrally between the bearings 3 to form a support or rest for shelf 2 when the latter is in its horizontal position and with a slot 6 be neath said lug 5, the plate at the lower end of the slot beveled, as shown, for a purpose which will more fully hereinafter appear.

The shelf 2 is of approximately the width of bracket 1 and is made on its lower end with a depending lip 7 to fit into the cut-out portion of bracket 1, and on this lip 7 the trunnions i, above referred to, are provided.

A downwardly-projecting tongue Sis made integral with the lower edge of the trunnions 4 and the lip 7 carrying them and disposed in practically the same vertical plane as the shelf 2, so as to rest against the rear face of bracket 1 and permit the shelf to assume a vertical position. An integral lug 9 is made on the inner face of tongue 8, at the lower end thereof, and is provided with a downwardlyprojecting beveled tooth 10, as shown. It will thus be seen that when the shelf is moved to the vertical position the lug 9 will be disposed in the slot 6 and the weight of the shelf will force the beveled tooth 10 against the beveled end of the slot and hold the shelf in such position until raised sufficiently to release the tooth, when it can be swung down to a horizontal position and rest on ing 5, as above explained.

A handhold 11 is preferably provided on shelf 2 at its upper end to facilitate moving the same, and any desired ornamentation may be provided on the shelf and bracket to give to the device an attractive appearance.

' Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form and arrangement of the several parts described without ,departing from the spirit and scope of our invention, and hence we would have it understood that we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, but consider our-- selves at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a supporting bracket, and a shelf hinged to said bracket having a depending portion normally disposed behind the bracket, of a lug on the depending portion of the shelf to engage the bracket and hold the shelf in a vertical position.

2. The combination with a supportingbracket having a slot therein and a shelf hinged to said bracket and having a depending portion normally disposed behind the bracket, of a lug on the depending portion of the shelf to enter the slot in the bracket when the shelf is in a vertical position and a tooth on the lug forced into engagement with the lower wall of the slot in the bracket by the Weight of the shelf.

3. The combination with a supportingbracket having a slot therein and a shelf having a depending portion disposed behind the bracket, of trunnions on the depending portion of the shelf loosely supported in bearings on the bracket, a tongue depending below the trunnions in rear of the bracket, and a toothed lug on said tongue to enter the slot in the bracket and be forced into locked engagement with the lower wall thereof by the weight of the shelf to retain the latter in a vertical position.

4. The combination with a bracket having oppositely-disposed bearings at its upper end and a vertical slot in its body portion, the lower end of the slot being beveled, and an outward ly-projecting lug on the bracket between the bearings, of a shelf having a portion depending behind the bracket, trunnions on the depending portion of the shelf disposed in the bearings in the bracket and of appreciably less diameter than'the same, a downwardly-projecting tongue on the shelf in rear of the bracket, a lug on said tongue to enter the slot in the bracket when the shelf is in a vertical posit-ion and a beveled tooth on the lug to be forced into locked position with the beveled end of the slot by the weight of the shelf.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN R. CARTER. JOSEPH E. HAUSFELD. Witnesses:

GEO. W. CARMANY, CHARLES E. PFAU. 

